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The area of seed potato crops for certification in Ireland increased to 299 hectares in 2021, helping to fill a gap left by a Brexit ban on imports from non-EU countries. This ...

This year, the potato growers from North Rhine-Westphalian (NRW) in Germany, harvested 1.92m tons, a total which is 13.3% higher than in 2020. With a yield of 51.6 tons per hectare, the ...

NEW Zealand potato growers are being urged to get in touch with Biosecurity New Zealand if they find a new type of infestation in their crops. THE tomato Red Spider Mite was ...

If you decide that the benefits of foliar fertilization are worth the cost, here are a few suggestions:

SPEAKERS at the recent CropTec Show in Peterborough explored the latest thinking on soil health, crop nutrition and crop protection and these seminars are now available to view on demand. Chair of the ...

YIELD alone is no longer the driver of economic success and growers need to seek a balance between quality yield and inputs per tonne, according to Andrew Goodinson, agronomist and potato specialist ...

The AHDB Petitioners – vegetable, flower and potato growers in the UK who voted to abolish a statutory levy on horticulture and potato production – say that recent comments by the Growers ...

Scotland has provided Ireland with the most significant proportion of the imported seed potatoes required

Canadian growers harvested a record potato crop in 2021, as production rose 18.2% year over year to 123.1 million hundredweight, on account of increases in both seeded area and yield, according to a report released by Statistics Canada ...

The Canadian Potato Council runs a program with groups across the country to test potato varieties locally. Potato growers in Canada are always interested in and wanting to try out new varieties ...

Our Market is a consumer-driven market concept that has come over from France. In the Netherlands, the initiative will soon start with table potatoes in 2 kilo bags in 320 Coop stores. The first ...

Wet weather and rising fertiliser prices are forcing farmers to rethink their potato plantings, with tonnages expected to be down significantly in the upcoming season.  Months of wet weather has made the ground in ...

THE UK Soil Health Initiative (UKSHi) has produced a series of guides for growers seeking advice on soil health. The guides focus on the key practical points farmers can do to improve soil ...

The ground-breaking organisation first set up by Scottish seed potato growers will celebrate its 50th anniversary this weekend.

The Northern Plains Potato Growers Association (NPPGA) serves more than 200 grower members and 250 potato associate members throughout northwest Minnesota and all of North Dakota, providing legislative, operational and marketing support. Keith Loria ...

According to a report by Farmers Weekly’s Philip Clarke, the AHDB is warning potato growers who failed to submit a 2021 potato planting return form and who refuse to pay this year’s levy that they ...

It was supposed to be for one year only when the Prince Edward Island provincial government placed a moratorium on high capacity wells for irrigation in 2001. Instead, it lasted for two ...

Growers want processors to offer higher prices to compensate for increased fertiliser costs.

The United Potato Growers of Canada report on the 2021 Harvest as it is in its final stages. Most provinces (with the exception of British Columbia) have enjoyed excellent harvest conditions without cool ...

The latest report coming from the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) shows that across Europe increased input costs being faced by spud growers are starting to influence trade and stronger resistance to lower ...

THE incessant rains and floods in Uttar Pradesh, India’s largest potato producer, has left farmers, especially in the potato belt of Kannauj, staring at huge losses. Ironically, they are having to buy ...

The Sustainable Potato Program, a project run by Universal Robina Corp (URC) and the Philippine government, provided a valuable boost to the country’s tuber growers, bolstering the industry through the disruptions during ...

The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in Ireland, Senator Pippa Hackett, has welcomed a new initiative which is aimed at helping Irish potato growers get ...

A project run by Universal Robina Corp (URC) and the Philippine government has provided a valuable boost to the country’s potato growers during the Covid-19 pandemic, reports Liam O’Callaghan for Asia Fruit ...

Irish Food Board (Bord Bia), the Agriculture and Food Development Authority (Teagasc), the Irish Farmers Association (IFA), and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine are joining forces to increase the ...